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Dec. 22, 1925. 1,566,48

r J. KE YMS EYE PROTECTING SCREEN FOE PERSONAL WEAR Filed Oct. 22. 19242 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 22, 1925. 1,566,481

J.'KEYM$ EYE PROTECTING SCREEN FOR PERSONAL WEAR Filed Oct. 22, 19 2Sheet-Sheot z Patented Dec. .22, 1925.

JOSHUA KEXMS, F SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLA ND.

EYE-PROTECTING SCREEN FOR PERSONAL WEAR.

/ I, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA KEYMS, a subject of the King of'Great Britainand Ireland, residing at Carrig-A-Phooka, 58, the

Avenue, Southampton, England, have invented new and useful Improvementsin and Relating to Eye-Protecting Screens for Personal Wear, on whichLetters Patent have been granted in Great Britain under N0.

1 213,851. dated th Octhber, 1923, of-which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to an eye screen Worn to protecttheeyes ofthe user from being dazzled on approaching, orbeing i approached, by abright light such as a motor-car headlight.

Briefly stated the present invention comprises a spectacle, goggle orlike frame, provided with one or more vertical screens attached to theeye piece or eye pieces intermediate between the centre and the left-"-hand corner or corners of said eyepiece or eye pieces. so that theyproject forward in such a position as to lie close up to the pupil ofthe eye when thespectacle is worn by the user. The screens may be fiator curved, and two may be used, one for each eye simultaneously; or onemay be provided foreach eye singly. Being substantially parallel withthe axis of vision, the screens will not interfere with the sight of theuser, or do so to a negligible extent only.

'My invention is shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a spectacle frameprovided with a single screen. g

' Figure 2 shows a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a spectacle frame provided with analternative form of screen.

Figure 4 shows :1. pers ective view of a spectacle frame provide .witha' pair of screens. 1

Figure 5 shows a detail side view of a screen hinged to the frame.

Figure 6 shows a front view of Figure 4, and

Figure 7 shows a detail side view of a screen attached to the, frame byspring clips.

In the drawings, a screen 1- s attached vertically to the spectacleframe 2 so that it is substant ally parallel with the normal Applicationfiled October 22, 1924. Serial No. 745,249.

axis of vision. As shown the screen is placed somewhat to the'left-handside of the'centre of the eyepiece (or pupil). Since approachingvehicles are somewhat to the left-hand side of the user, the screen willthus shade his eye from light rays approaching from this side of theroad. For the same reason, if only one screen is used as shown, it isfitted for the right eye, although a much larger screen on the left eyewould protect both. e

To protect the eye from very'oblique rays, the shade may be continuedbackwards behind the supporting points as shown in Figure 3, by thismeans bfinging the rear -end of the shade closer to the eye; or the openportion of the frame included between the hinge and the. corner nearestto it (for can be completely occluded.

In Figure 4 I show a frame in which a, screenis provided for each eye.

Alternatively, to the method of fitting the 1, 2. 3 and 4, a method Imay employ is to fix the shade by a hinge 3 to a short vertical barbrazed into the spectacle frame, as

shown in Figures 5 and 6, the bar acting as a pivot. A small. spring 4keeps the shade in position. This arrangement allows of instance, thenasal corner in the right eye) shades described and illustrated inFigures the screen being folded back and the spectacle or goggle placed.in a case when not in use. For use with the wearers own spectacles, thissupporting bar can be secured as shownin Figure 7 to the rims of thespectacles by means of suitable spring clips 5 t The screen may be madeof opaque, translucent or partially transparent material, and haspreferably a dull surface so that the wearer is not troubled .byreflection from the surface of the screen.

.What I claim is 7 1. An anti-dazzle device for personal use, comprisinga frame, right. and left eye pleces in said frame, a vertical barmounted on an eye piece in its vertical planeand intermediate betweenits centre and its left hand extremit a vertical screen hinged to saidvertical. ar so as to lie 111 a with the axis of vision when a frame isin use. y I

2. All anti-dazzle device for personal use,

lane parallel comprising a frame right and left eye pieces frame is inuse, and a spring mounted on in said frame,avert1cal bar mounted on saidsaid right eye piece adapted to'hold s'aid right-eye piece in itsvertical plane and increen 1n position.

tel-mediate between its centre and its left In witness whereof I havesigned my name hand extremit a vertical screen hinged to to thisspecification.

said vertical ar so as to lie in a plane parallel with the axis ofvision when the I I JOSHUA KEYMS, M. D.

